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CSS / USS General Sumter

Launched: 1853

In Service: Early 1861

Captured: 6 June 1862

Ran Aground: 14-15 August 1862

Stripped and Burned

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Characteristics

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Displacement:  525 tons

Length: 182 ft.

Beam: 28 ft.

Depth: 10 ft. 8 in.

Propulsion: Steam Engine, Sidewheel

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Armament

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2 x 32-pounder guns

4 x 32-pounder guns

1 x 12-pounder gun

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Battles

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River Defense Fleet

Fort Pillow

Plum Point Bend

First Battle of Memphis

USS Queen of the West

Ran ashore on Arkansas River

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